Archinect - News2015-03-31T17:04:21-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/46851928/editor-s-picks-262
Editor's Picks #262 Nam Henderson2012-04-30T19:48:00-04:00>2012-06-18T19:05:58-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/5o/5ole9d4fcx3o52l0.jpg" width="514" height="668" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Archinect had the opportunity to speak with Tadao Ando. Check out the Interview: 20 Minutes with a Master. b3tadine[sutures] was so inspired that he posted three times and archaalto wrote "I sometimes imagine that millions of years from now when another intelligent species excavates the earth they find the ruins of Louis Kahn's and Tadao Ando's buildings, and maybe they'll think we had some grace and weren't just accidents waiting to happen.."</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Archinect (including Orhan, Alex, Kaori and Paul) had the opportunity to speak with Tadao Ando during Ando's brief visit to Los Angeles to collect his 2012 Richard Neutra Award. Check out the Interview: <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/43132544/tadao-ando-interview-20-minutes-with-a-master" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">20 Minutes with a Master.</a>&nbsp;I especially liked the final exchange wherein Ando revealed "<em>As we all know, you can't make architecture by yourself. An architect needs to make everyone take ownership for the work. To be successful, you need to ensure that every carpenter, plumber, and so on, in every project, is doing their own project. <strong>Every time I go to the construction site, I try to take a photograph of every worker. It's a symbol that we're all working together with a shared goal. </strong>It's very important for me that everyone feels that way"&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;<strong>b3tadine[sutures]</strong> was so inspired that he posted three times and <strong>archaalto</strong> wrote "<em>I sometimes imagine that millions of years from now when another intelligent species excavates the earth they find the ruins of Louis Kahn's and Tadao Ando's building...</em></p>